Gadgetory

everybody Shawn this is an all electric scooter called the eco Rico m5 air let's get some air the m5 air can get you about eight to ten to 15 miles of range really all depends on the road you're on how fast you're going things like that it has a top speed of 20 miles an hour of it you have to really go in a straight line to hit that usually it hovers around 14 or 15 miles an hour that's plenty fast for something like this has regenerative braking so it'll feed energy back into the batteries when you get on that brake it also has a really easy throttle to use it doesn't jump you off the line and in fact you actually have to give it a little kick to get going before you can even get the throttle engaged it also has a suspension on it which makes it a little easier to ride when the road is a little bit bumpy it's not lights 35 pounds so it's kind of tough to carry around but it collapses from the handlebars down to the stem and you can get it all folded up or even back open in about five seconds once you get used to it now all of this is a sign of just how practical electric rattles are becoming it's something that we really saw here at CES this year you're not necessarily going to want to take an electric skateboard with only six miles of range or ride a swag tron to work every day but something like the Eco Rico makes that seem like a possibility and that's really cool but for that to happen a couple things have to change one is price this thing's about $1,200 which is where a lot of other electric rattleballs are priced at right now it's just still a little too expensive another one is weight most of these are still too heavy when you hop off and break them down and have to carry them around and then the last is battery life in charging time this gives you a decent range but it still takes you about three to four hours to charge back up once you've drained that battery but even with all that in mind I had a lot of fun using the Eco Rico to get from our hotel to our work trailer all week and it's something I could see myself using in my daily life we're not quite there yet but after this year's CES it feels like we're closer than ever for more electric rider bowls and everything else that we covered this week head to the Virg calm and make sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel